Fredrick



P. G. MILLER. .Oigar Cutter.

Patented Nov; 23, 1880.

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FREDRIUK U. MILLER, ()F NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY O'. PETERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,797, dated November 23, 1880.

Application filed January 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FREDRICK O. MILLER, of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gigar Gutters, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cigar-cutters adapted to be attached to an ordinary table or counter; and the invention consists of a new combination and arrangement of devices whereby the rotating cutter is normally retained in an elevated position, and all portions of the knife may be brought into use by adjustment. The im- 1 5 provements will be fully hereinafter described,

and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the circular knife. Fig. 3 is a top-plan view, showing the knife thrown out for changing its position. Fig. 4 is a modification of the mode of operating the knife, and Fig. 5, an elevation of the knife and pinion slots shown in Fig. 4.

A represents the cutter-board; B, a stationary shear-plate, rigidly attached to one end of the board A, and formed or otherwise provided with a concave cutter or shear, L, such form serving to hold the cigar in position. The interior portion is beveled off to form a sheareutting edge.

0 represents a bracket or arm rigidly connected to plate B.

0 represents a bearing the lower portion of 3 5 which lies in a gain cut into the board A.

E represents a short shaftprojectin g through a bearing in plate B and through the bearing 0 in bracket (J. G is a lever rigidly fastened to shaft E.

F represents a coiled spring wound around shaft E, the retractile power of which keeps lever Gr and the knife I in close contact with the shear-plate B, and holds the knife in the open position or elevated.

D represents a cam-lever, pivoted to bear against the inner end of shaft E.

I represents a circular knife, pivoted to the lever G by a stud, H.

J J J, Fig. 2, represent slots cut in knife I,

and P a short pin or stud projecting outwardly from plate B, and engaginginslot Jinithe knife 1'. By means of this slot J and pin P the knife I is made to rotate as the lever G is raised or lowered. When it is desired to change the position of the knife cam-lever D 5 5 is turned as shown in Fig. 3, and the knife I can be changed to have pin 10 engage in ananother slot, J, and thus bring a different portion of the cutting-edge into operation.

Any number of slots may be employed to secure the change of cutting-edge.

The knife, when in the position shown in Fig. 3, can be readily taken off and sharpened.

The pin and slots may be omitted and still operate successfully, in which case the change 6 of cutting-edge can be easily made.

The knife need not be circular in form, as a series of straight edges or a series of arcs of circles would operate very nearly as well as a true circle. 79

Figs. 4 and 5 show a modified form for obtaining a circular movement of the knife in cutting.

b represents segment-teeth on the top of plate B.

0 represents pinion-slots cut in knife I.

H represents a pinion fastened on stud H, which engages in the slots 0' of knife I and with teeth b on plate B. Stud H, in this case, journals in le-ver G and rotates with the pinion H and knife I as the lever G is raised or lowered.

M represents a groove, in which the cigar is laid for cutting M, a gage-plate held by the adjusting-screw m, so as to be set for any desired length of cigar.

I claiml. In a cigar-cutter, the combination of a supporting-base, A, having a longitudinal groove, M, the vertical plate B, having shear L fixed to the base and recessed to receive and support the end of the cigar, the rocking shaft E, journaled in the vertical plate, a reactionary spring, F, arranged on the rock-shaft, a swinging lever secured to the latter and normally retained in an elevated position by the said spring, and a circular cutter pivoted to the lever and capable of being rotated to adjust the cutting-edge thereof, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a cigar-cutter, the combination of'the supporting-base A, having a longitudinal groove for the cigar, the vertical plate B, secured at one end of the base and having a cutter or shear, L, coinciding with the said groove, the rocking shaft E, journaled in the vertical plate, the reactionary spring F, encircling the rocking shaft, the Swinging lever secured to said rocking shaft and normally retained in an elevated position by the reactionary spring and rocking shaft, the rotating cutter I, pivoted to the lever, and a connecting device, such as described, between the vertical plate and the cutter, for rotating the latter when the lever is depressed, all substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, in a cigar-cutter, of a FREDRICK O. MILLER.

Witnesses Jornv E. JoNEs, CORNELIUS BYL. 

